Awning



Feb. 12, 1946. D.'G. ADELSPERGER AWNING W 0 .FWM/ W mii\ p pe IN V EN TOR.

Feb. 12, 1946. o. G. ADELSPERGER AWNING Filed Oct. 20, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ay?on Adls -one 110 the other.

Patented Feb. 12, 1946 AWNING: Dayton G. Adelsberger, Bettsville, Ohio Applicatlon October 20, 1942, Serial N0. 462,736

2 'Olalms. (GI. 20-575) My invehtion. relates. to buil dingsand has among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved awnlng.

Awnings of the conventional tybe are ob jec tionable for the reason that thelr contour is such as to trap air within the awnlng. Under high temperature conditions the trapped air becomes heated and theheatis transmitted to the interior o1 the building. Such awnings have no provision for escape of the air and interfere with ventilation. 1

Accordingly, an object of my invention is to provide an awning so designed as to perform the shading functions of a conventional awnlng and in which the construction is such as to provide an open colistruction facilitating the circulation of ai'r therethrough, with the design such as to embody an ornamental contour and structure having a, pleasing appearance.

In the acc ompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a. perspective viewfof an awning in accordance with my invention;

=Figure 2 is a. side view;

Figure 3 is a. .vertical sectional view;

Figure 4 is a. vertical sectional view through one 015 the end walls;

Figure5 is a sectional view taken along the linei-5 of Figure 3; and Figure 6 is a perspective view cf a one of the corner frame members.

In the embodiment selected for Illustration, the awning I0 comprises an angular front wa1l structure I2 and substantially vertical end wall strac- I;ures I4. The awning comprises upright frame members I 6 secured I;o the window frame stracture I8 by screws 20. A cross member 22 extends across the upper ends of the frame members IG,

portion of which member is also secured to the window frame structure by screws 24. A drip cap 26 is secured to the upper edge of the horizontal frame member 22. Each of the two angular comers of the awning I0 a.t the junctures 015 the wall I2 with the end walls I4 comprises two rafters' 28 arranged in right angular relationship and nailed These rafters arte also nailed to the frame member 22 and are braced at their lower ends by frame members 30 nailed one to the other and to the frame members I6. The frame members oomprising the rafters 28, are arranged a1; an acute angle with relation to the upright frame members I6.

Thus there are I;wo rafters 28 ab each corner of the awning, each of which rafters is notched at 32 to provide angular ledges 34 constituting supports for slding pieces 36 nailed to the rafters.

The siding' pieces 36 cmprislng the wall I0 are nailed to pnexafterat each comsr of the awning, these rafters lying in planes a.t rlght angles to the building wall. The siding pieces 36 013 the end wal1s are nailedto the angular ledges 34 of the othe':r two rafters 28 in the two corner structures.

alsd notchd in acc0rdance with the rafters '28,

. as il1strated in Figure 4, to secure the inner ends of the slding pieces. The abutting ends of the siding pieces 36 in the walls I2 and I4 are so angled as to have tight fitting engagement, as

-illustrated at 38 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 illustrates the angulai arrangement o1 one of-Izhe frame members 30 extending along provide amp1e openings for the free circulation of air. In addition, the sidiflg pieces overlap in a,v sufilcient degree to provide the necessary weather protection, particularly with respect to rain and snow. 'Moisture will flow.fxom one sid- Ing piece onto the other. The two rafters 28 to which the siding pieces 36 in the freut Wall -I2 are nailed have their notches 32 cut at such acute 4 angles as to position their siding pieces in the necessary overlapping relationship. These sic'ling pieces must overlap in a slightly greater degree I :han the siding pieces in the end wall because of the greater angularity of the front wa1l I2.

An a.wning in accordance with my invention is of relatively simple and durable construcztion.

The awning may be constructed from standard materials and provid'es an ornamental design and contour embodying the necessary protection against the weather and the sun.

Without further elaboration, the fbregoing will The two vertical frame members I6 are parallel relatlonship, and a front wall comprislng horizontal pleces secured to the ledges 01 the other rafter in each second frame member in vertically spaced and parallel relatlonslflp, the horizontal pleces in the end welle beim: equal in nuxnber to those in the front Wall and arranged in end to end engagement in such manner that the top and bottom edges 011 the end pieces meet the respective top and bottom edges of the engagingfront pleces.

2. The lnvention described in claim 1 wherain the horizontal pieces secured to the ledges cf the frame rafters are spaced one above another in a slightly overlapping manner, thus allowlng the clrculation of air and the entrance and refiection of light, while atthe Same time barring the direct rays of the sun as well as the penetration 01 raln or snow agalnst the wlndow.

DAYTON G. ADELSPERGER. 

